App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas
Developer's tip (Problem first): A good idea solves a real problem for real people. Ask possible users (a survey) and count the votes. Solve the most common need first; keep the idea focused.
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- 1.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
losing water bottles: 8 votes
no quiet study place: 18 votes
forgetting birthdays: 11 votes -
3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 8 votes
losing water bottles: 21 votes
missing the bus: 14 votes - 4.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a free study-room finder (c) a button with no action (d) a lost-and-found board
- 5.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Use blue buttons” (d) “Kids forget homework”
- 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
- 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
- 8.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
- 9.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 10.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) very small (c) finished fast (d) easy to build
- 11.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 12.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
forgetting homework: 23 votes
missing the bus: 6 votes
losing water bottles: 24 votes - 14.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 15.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
- 17.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a page of random dots (c) a button with no action (d) an app that just says hi
- 18.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a medicine reminder (c) a button with no action (d) a blank grey screen
- 19.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a long name (c) many colours (d) a problem to solve
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20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “forgetting homework”?
forgetting homework: 5 votes
forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
wasting pocket money: 9 votes - 21.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a bill splitter (c) an app that just says hi (d) a page of random dots
- 22.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 9 votes
no quiet study place: 23 votes
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes - 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
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25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 13 votes
forgetting homework: 14 votes
forgetting birthdays: 4 votes -
26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 23 votes
no quiet study place: 4 votes
forgetting homework: 5 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money -
27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
wasting pocket money: 25 votes
forgetting homework: 6 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes - 28.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) copy another app (b) just guess (c) ask possible users (d) pick a colour
- 29.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
- 30.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a page of random dots (c) a blank grey screen (d) a button with no action
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31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 5 votes
losing water bottles: 20 votes
no quiet study place: 7 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus -
32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 24 votes
forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
forgetting homework: 21 votes - 33.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the newest trend (b) the most common need (c) the rarest need (d) a random need
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34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 4 votes
wasting pocket money: 10 votes
no quiet study place: 11 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place - 35.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
forgetting homework: 3 votes
wasting pocket money: 10 votes -
37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 16 votes
no quiet study place: 23 votes
forgetting homework: 14 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place -
38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 16 votes
losing water bottles: 20 votes
missing the bus: 18 votes - 39.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a blank grey screen (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
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40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “no quiet study place”?
wasting pocket money: 23 votes
no quiet study place: 9 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes
Answer key
- Yes
- 3
- 43
- a button with no action
- “Kids forget homework”
- a study-room finder
- a lost-and-found board
- a homework planner
- False
- hard to use
- Yes
- Yes
- 17
- False
- Yes
- a homework planner
- a free study-room finder
- a medicine reminder
- a problem to solve
- 17
- a bill splitter
- No
- 40
- a medicine reminder
- 31
- wasting pocket money
- 19
- ask possible users
- a study-room finder
- a library due-date alert
- losing water bottles
- 48
- the most common need
- no quiet study place
- True
- 4
- no quiet study place
- 54
- a blank grey screen
- 8
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